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  • Report: Lockheed, Rafael Offer Missiles for Army Multimission Launcher - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Lockheed, Rafael Offer Missiles for Army Multimission Launcher

    Lockheed Martin and Israeli company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems will offer their respective missiles to the U.S. Army for possible integration with the service branch’s Indirect Fires Protection Capability multi-mission launcher, Defense News reported Monday. The Army seeks a second missile as part of the IFPC Increment 2 program, which aims to develop a weapon system that can counter rockets, […] More

  • Kymeta Produces, Markets Electronically-Steered Flat Satellite Antennas - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kymeta Produces, Markets Electronically-Steered Flat Satellite Antennas

    Kymeta has begun production of electronically-steered flat satellite antennas in partnership with government clients, Space News reported Monday. A hundred of these Mtenna flat satellite antennas have already been shipped across 23 countries. The antennas have been used with military-grade armored vehicles and ships made to operate in austere environments. The company said it is currently developing […] More

  • Lockheed's Marillyn Hewson to Present at UAE Aerospace Industry Summit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed’s Marillyn Hewson to Present at UAE Aerospace Industry Summit

    Marillyn Hewson, chairman, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin, plans to discuss the company’s strategic partnerships at the Global Aerospace Summit 2018 that will take place in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates from April 30 to May 1, Arabian Aerospace reported Tuesday. “The aerospace and defense industry is uniquely positioned to help strengthen national defense […] More

  • Report: Japan Could Use Existing Foreign Design for New Fighter Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Japan Could Use Existing Foreign Design for New Fighter Aircraft

    Japan is considering using an existing U.S. or European fighter aircraft design for its future F-3 fighter planes, Reuters reported Thursday. Anonymous sources told the publication that Japan’s third request for information on potential F-3 designs was sent only to foreign companies based in the U.S. and Europe. Japan also issued separate documents to the U.S. […] More

  • Report: Lockheed to Name Sonar Supplier for Australian Submarine Program in Late 2018 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Lockheed to Name Sonar Supplier for Australian Submarine Program in Late 2018

    Lockheed Martin plans to award a contract later this year for the production of sonar equipment that will be integrated into Australia’s future submarines, Defense News reported Friday. The defense contractor’s Australian arm told Defense News that it has issued a request for quote to industry. Australia’s defense department awarded Lockheed Martin Australia a potential $565.7 million contract […] More

  • Marillyn Hewson: Lockheed, DoD in Talks Over F-35 Lot 11 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marillyn Hewson: Lockheed, DoD in Talks Over F-35 Lot 11

    Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson has said the company and the Defense Department are engaged in a “complex negotiation” over the next contract to build the 11th batch of 130 F-35 fighter jets. “Our government customer needs to understand the cost,” Hewson told CNBC in an interview posted Thursday. “We need to make sure that we […] More

  • Lockheed-MBDA JV to Pursue Germany's Integrated Air & Missile Defense System Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-MBDA JV to Pursue Germany’s Integrated Air & Missile Defense System Program

    Lockheed Martin and MBDA have formed a joint venture to negotiate a contract to develop the German armed forces’ TLVS integrated air and missile defense system. The TLVS GmbH joint venture is slated to become the prime contractor of the deal, which is under negotiations with Germany’s military procurement office, MBDA said Thursday. MBDA representative Dietmar Thelen and […] More

  • Marillyn Hewson: InSight, Orion Spacecraft Back Lockheed’s Part in Future Mars Missions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marillyn Hewson: InSight, Orion Spacecraft Back Lockheed’s Part in Future Mars Missions

    Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson told CNBC in an interview posted Wednesday that she believes the company will continue to be a part of every mission to Mars. Hewson mentioned the InSight lander and the Orion deep space exploration spacecraft as two of Lockheed’s projects with NASA that seek to support the company’s involvement in future missions to the […] More

  • Lockheed, New Zealand Sign Contract for Anzac-Class Frigate Tech Installation, Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, New Zealand Sign Contract for Anzac-Class Frigate Tech Installation, Test

    Lockheed Martin‘s Canadian arm and the New Zealand government have formalized an agreement for the installation and testing of Anzac-class frigate systems as part of ship modernization efforts. The company said Wednesday it designed a combat system for two New Zealand frigates and subcontracted Seaspan Victoria Shipyards to install the technology on both ships at a Canada-based […] More

  • Lockheed Starts to Build 8th Comms Satellite for SKY Perfect JSAT - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Starts to Build 8th Comms Satellite for SKY Perfect JSAT

    Lockheed Martin has begun to assemble an eighth communications satellite for Japan-based operator SKY Perfect JSAT Corp. inside a clean room near Denver, Colorado. JCSAT-17 is based on Lockheed’s LM2100 bus and the satellite’s payload is designed to incorporate S-band transponders, a processor and an 18-meter mesh reflector, the company said Wednesday. The satellite will offer high-bandwidth communications during high-volume events, such […] More

  • Sikorsky Concludes CH-53K Envelope Expansion Tests - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sikorsky Concludes CH-53K Envelope Expansion Tests

    Lockheed Martin has announced the completion of envelope expansion flight tests of the Sikorsky-built CH-53K King Stallion helicopter at a facility in West Palm Beach, Florida. The CH-53K aircraft lifted a 36,000-pound external payload during a flight demonstration held Feb. 10 at Sikorsky’s facility in Florida, Lockheed said Wednesday. Sikorsky conducted the external lift flight test as it prepares to […] More

  • Lockheed PAC-3 Interceptor Test Supports Army's Field Surveillance Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed PAC-3 Interceptor Test Supports Army’s Field Surveillance Program

    The U.S. Army and Lockheed Martin have demonstrated the capacity of two company-built PAC-3 Cost Reduction Initiative interceptors to counter tactical ballistic missile targets. Lockheed said Tuesday its PAC-3 CRI interceptors engaged two ballistic missiles during an Army-led flight test that supported the service branch’s Field Surveillance Program. FSP aims to ensure the readiness and reliability of fielded missile defense systems. Some Army officials […] More